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1 week ago | 
westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick
By Tracy ZwickWhether you want to beat the heat with air conditioning, or brave it by venturing out, there’s plenty to keep you occupied in and around the neighborhood this weekend. Let’s Weekend!June 20th to 22nd, 2025See a Movie!With high temperatures in the forecast, why not stay cool at the movies?
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1 week ago | 
westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick
By Tracy ZwickUpper West Sider Ellen Jovin’s “Grammar Table”— a folding table at which she fields grammar questions from strangers – was launched in the UWS’s Verdi Square in 2018. You can still find Ellen periodically answering language queries in Central Park, but the table long ago left the proverbial nest.
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2 weeks ago | 
westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick
By Tracy ZwickIt’s Father’s Day weekend, and there’s plenty to do on the Upper West Side! June 13th to 15th, 2025Pride Family Picnic, Saturday June 14th at 11 a.m. at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Ave. at 112th Street; freePack a picnic, play games and enjoy The Queer Big Apple Corps Marching Band at the Cathedral’s annual Pride Family Picnic. All are welcome! The Band is scheduled to perform at noon at this free, inclusive event.
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3 weeks ago | 
westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick
By Tracy ZwickWhether you prefer movies or theater, there are options this weekend — plus a big event on Museum Mile is coming up at the beginning of next week. Let’s Weekend!June 6th to 10th, 2025Bad Shabbos: Movie theaters, times and tickets here“It’s Shabbos, Baby!” So says Method Man, playing a Riverside Drive doorman in “Bad Shabbos,” a comedy co-written by UWSer Zack Weiner, which is being released in theaters nationally this weekend.
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3 weeks ago | 
westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick
By Tracy ZwickIf there was an award for Most UWS Film of the Year, “Bad Shabbos” would be a sure thing, like latkes on Hanukkah or lox at a shiva. It already took home the Audience Award for Best Narrative at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival. It’s played to packed, howling houses on the UWS and at festivals across the country.
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4 weeks ago | 
westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick
By Tracy ZwickLet’s Weekend!May 30th to June 1st, 2025Celebrate 150 Years of The Art Students League: 215 West 57th St.; weekdays 10 AM to 9PM, Saturdays 10 AM to 4 PM; Closed Sundays; Free Just steps inside the landmark building on West 57th Street that houses The Art Students League, you’ll find paintings, lithographs and drawings by the likes of Georgia O’Keefe, Winslow Homer and Norman Rockwell.
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1 month ago | 
westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick
By Tracy ZwickMay 23 to 25, 2025Preview Gustavo Dudamel conducting the NY Philharmonic: Friday at 2 p.m. and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Lincoln Center, with additional performances next week and a free concert in Central Park on June 4th; more info and tickets on the Lincoln Center performances here and for the Central Park concert here.
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1 month ago | 
westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick
By Tracy ZwickIf you haven’t made it to the new Davis Center in Central Park, take the weekend to check it out, or make it a stop on your walk across the park for Sunday’s Israel Day Parade. Observe the night sky on West 145th Street this evening with the help of knowledgeable astronomers, or take in some live blues music Sunday in Riverside Park. If it’s rainy, use your indoor time to register for one of Wild Bird Fund’s terrific Central Park bird walks.
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1 month ago | 
westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick
By Tracy ZwickHow about a guided walk around the neighborhood this weekend, or a family-friendly playground party? If you’d rather stay indoors, I took the express train (2/3) to visit Printemps last weekend and can tell you it’s worth a minor schlep. Printemps is the French word for spring and also the name of the Parisian department store that’s just opened a gorgeous NY outpost in the financial district.
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2 months ago | 
westsiderag.com | Tracy Zwick
By Tracy ZwickSpend some time in Central Park’s stunning new Davis Center or see work by emerging artists at Barnard this weekend. If it rains, I’ll be baking from the just-released cookbook of the UWS’s own Bobbie Lloyd – Chief Baking Officer and CEO at Magnolia Bakery. Or you could check out a classic film at New Plaza Cinema.
